balsero cubano

English translation: cuban rafters

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Cuban and American diplomats, while laying aside any obvious hostile feelings, remained far apart after the opening round of talks Thursday aimed at working out an agreement for halting the relentless waves of Cuban rafters seeking an American haven.
\"We still have a long way to go before having an agreement and a long way to go to solving the problem,\" said Ricardo Alarcon, head of the Cuban delegation. Neither side had expected to reach agreement on the first day.
State Department spokesman David Johnson described the talks, which continue Friday, as \"serious, professional and businesslike.\" This diplomatic jargon, another U.S. official explained, meant that the talks moved with efficiency and \"without hostility.\"
Alarcon described the opening session as \"businesslike and proper.\"
Judging by the few comments made to the press and television, the two sides were not far apart on the immediate issue of what needs to be done right now about the thousands of Cubans fleeing their homelandhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V114/N38/cuba.38w.html

Cuban and American diplomats, while laying aside any obvious hostile feelings, remained far apart after the opening round of talks Thursday aimed at working out an agreement for halting the relentless waves of Cuban rafters seeking an American haven.
\"We still have a long way to go before having an agreement and a long way to go to solving the problem,\" said Ricardo Alarcon, head of the Cuban delegation. Neither side had expected to reach agreement on the first day.
State Department spokesman David Johnson described the talks, which continue Friday, as \"serious, professional and businesslike.\" This diplomatic jargon, another U.S. official explained, meant that the talks moved with efficiency and \"without hostility.\"
Alarcon described the opening session as \"businesslike and proper.\"
Judging by the few comments made to the press and television, the two sides were not far apart on the immediate issue of what needs to be done right now about the thousands of Cubans fleeing their homelandhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V114/N38/cuba.38w.html

NPG Footnote: Carribbean Boat People: Clinton's First Crisis
... is inaugurated on Jan. 20, President-elect Bill Clinton may be faced with a record
flood of both Haitian and Cuban boat people. Besides, immigration from the ... www.npg.org/footnote/clintons_crisis.htm
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